In 2022, there were approximately 16.2 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants in Guyana, down from a homicide rate of 19.96 registered two years earlier. The homicide rate in the South American country peaked at 20.41 cases per 100,000 population in 2013.

In 2022, the number of homicides per 100,000 inhabitants in Guyana was approximately 16.19. The number of people murdered in the South American country amounted to 131 in 2022, up from 131 victims reported two years earlier.

Intentional homicides are estimates of unlawful homicides purposely inflicted as a result of domestic disputes, interpersonal violence, violent conflicts over land resources, intergang violence over turf or control, and predatory violence and killing by armed groups. Intentional homicide does not include all intentional killing; the difference is usually in the organization of the killing. Individuals or small groups usually commit homicide, whereas killing in armed conflict is usually committed by fairly cohesive groups of up to several hundred members and is thus usually excluded.

1.7 (cases per 100,000 population) in 2022. “Homicide” is defined as unlawful death purposefully inflicted on a person by another person

The death rate in Guyana decreased by 0.2 deaths per 1,000 inhabitants (-2 percent) compared to the previous year. Nevertheless, the last two years recorded a significantly higher death rate than the preceding years.The crude death rate is the annual number of deaths divided by the total population, expressed per 1,000 people.Find more statistics on other topics about Guyana with key insights such as crude birth rate.

This graph shows the evolution of the number of people killed on the roads in Guyana between 2012 and 2018. In 2018, 36 people died in a road accident in Guyana.